White House Withdrawing Stefanik Nomination for U.S. Ambassador to UN
The GOP has a slim House majority. Gov. Hochul has been playing games over a special election and the GOP might not be as united for a candidate.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) confirmed that the White House has removed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) from consideration for the U.S. ambassador post to the United Nations.
NEW: President Trump just announced that Elise Stefanik will remain in the House rather than becoming UN Ambassador to help maintain the Republican majority. pic.twitter.com/5fXNdKRGAV
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From The Hill:
“I got a call from the White House,” Risch said after walking out of a Senate Republican luncheon.
He said he was told “that they were pulling the nomination.”
“I was informed that just minutes ago,” he said, adding he hadn’t yet had “a chance” to formulate a reaction.
Last month Republican New York Assemblyman Matt Slater accused New York Democrats of scheming to keep Stefanik’s seat for months:
Slater, who serves as the ranking Republican on the state’s Election Law Committee, was reacting to state Democrats working to introduce legislation that could keep Stefanik’s House seat vacant until June, when the state holds its scheduled primary elections. Stefanik is in the midst of her confirmation process to serve in the Trump administration and is expected to resign her House seat if the Senate confirms her as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
I think that is why Stefanik did not resign from her seat, which she retained in November:
Under current law, New York’s governor has 10 days to declare a special election for a vacant seat and an additional 80 to 90 days to hold the election. Stefanik’s seat is key for the Republican Party and Trump’s second administration, as Republicans hold a slim majority at 218 members to the Democrats’ 215 members.
It’s a pretty easy seat for the Republicans.
However, there is turmoil within New York Republicans because supposedly one Republican candidate, state Sen. Dan Stec, threatened to run as a third-party candidate if he did not win the Republican primary.
The state’s Conservative Party favored Stec despite him not supporting Trump and taking sides with the state’s Democrats.
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Why?
Read the story. Hochul was playing with the law to try and fix the election in NY so a Dem would win. Trump decided he couldn’t risk losing a seat in Congress with such a narrow margin for Republicans so pulled her nomination and she will remain in Congress.
Threat of a third party ringer it seems.
We need republicans in the house.
And we can’t afford any more vacancies. The special elections for next Tuesday have some worrying early vote numbers. The Democrats are energized, and Trump voters are staying home. We could lose one of the FL seats up for grabs next week, as the GOP candidate has no money and the Dem has 10 million for GOTV operations. We can’t afford to lose Stefanik’s vote in the House.
Energised by what exactly?
By Trump hatred. Or something. It doesn’t matter what has energized them; the point is that the early numbers on those special elections shows that they are energized and our voters are not. Which is worrying.
Isn’t that odd.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, despite Democrat messaging failing across the board, Democrats tell us that WE are dispirited and staying home while THEY are gung-ho.
They told us Kamala was going to win….and then revealed, after her loss that at no time in any internal poll (that’s the polls THEY see, not the ones WE see) was she ever ahead of Trump. Not once.
Don’t listen to Democrats.
We told him so.
Vacuuming the legislature of allies to run executive departments was a false economy indeed.
Only in Dem shitholes
The guy Trumped picked to replace Waltz is trailing the Dem…in a +20 GOP district.
Misplaced blame.
While it is unfortunate that the GOP wasn’t able to muster a strong candidate who would be able to effectively campaign for Stafanik’s seat, it is good to know that the Trump administration is taking a practical view of electoral politics and is willing to change course when necessary.
It wasn’t that. The Dems were going to stall the special election and keep it vacant.
Hochul has made it clear that she believes her main role is to block every action of the Trump administration regardless of the harm to NY. This move allows the GOP house some breathing role and sets up a probable media battle between the hard fighting Stephanik and the idiot incompetent Governor. Good contrast for the independents in NY to see and hear.
My advice to Hochul and the commie dems in general is encapsulated in a quote from Palpatine:
“Good, good! Let the hate flow through your!”
The more the merrier. Keep it up and the dem party will implode. Return of the Whigs!
It’s unfortunate that this move is necessary, but, tactically, it’s a prudent response to the vile Dhimmi-crats’ greasy and underhanded shenanigans regarding Stefanik’s seat.
I am now waiting for a judge to rule that Stefanik is the only allowed nominee and that her sit in Congress belongs to Hochul to do as she pleases.
The US House of Representatives is more important than the UN cesspool. In fact an actual cesspool is more important than the UN.
Funding the UN to undermine our interests is stupid. A lot of the members are pretty much like our inner city garbage, losers, grifters and criminals.
Trump should appoint some Dem from a state with a Republican Governor
Governors can only pick Senate replacements (in only some states). House members must always be seated by special election, never appointment.
Yes, but as we’ve seen in NY short-term games can be played to keep the seat open for a few months. Depending on state law, but also on the state majority party’s ability to change it.
NY Democrats. What a lovely bunch.
And apparently new your republicans are “special”
Sorry. Never owned a Republican and could not afford a Democrat.
We don’t need the UN. They continually vote against anything we are for. In fact we don’t need an ambassador if we get out of the UN. Shut ’em down and send all those blood sucking ticks a packing. We can use the space they are occupying for something better.
Converting the UN into migrant residences would match its attitude on the issue – as, perhaps, would be relocating to Gaza.
Trump could appoint Hochel.
This is wise. A UN ambassador is useless.
The GOP is united in liking Stefanik for the role what they are not united for is the potential to lose the house for her to become the UN Ambassador.
With Massie playing for the other team (Trump is right he really should be primaried for that) there really is no margin for error.
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